Re: [PATCHES] Updatable views

From: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Updatable views
Date: 2006-09-01 18:26:28
Message-ID: B8C0BF3F20C4EC5B8C9771AB@[172.26.14.247]
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--On Freitag, September 01, 2006 11:34:49 -0400 Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:

> I don't understand this part very well. Say if you have a view WITH
> CHECK OPTION whose condition is "foo > 5", and then define a view WITH
> LOCAL CHECK OPTION on top of that, whose condition is "bar > 5". Does
> the local check option on the second view that I can insert a row with
> foo=4, bar=6? That doesn't violate the condition of bar > 5, so it
> seems fine to me. But it also seems quite idiotic because it violated
> the original foo>5 condition.

That's exactly what i'm reading out there, too. If such a view definition
is useful or not
depends on its use case. Correct me if i'm wrong....

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Thanks

Bernd

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